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  • Birds that probe sediment in search of prey have been shown to rely either on touch, on the detection of vibrations produced by the prey, or on the detection of pressure gradients surrounding hard objects (Gerritsen & Meijboom 1986, Piersma et al. 1998, Nebel et al. 2005).

    Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • The importance of the coastal lagoons of Ghana for wetland birds is summarized by Piersma and Ntiamoa-Baidu, and for the Niger Delta in Hughes and Hughes.

    Central African mangroves 2007

  • "So, if there was a child on that bike, riding by you as you started your car in the morning to back up for work you would not see that little kid behind your car," says Craig Piersma, the director of product marketing for Gentex.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • "He was nice, but once he got angry about something he was very passionate about it," said Piersma.

    News Channel 9: Local News 2010

  • "So if they're hot they can darken the window, if they'd like to see outside they can darken it to a level that cuts the glare but allows them to see outside," said Piersma.

    WWMT.com : News 2009

  • "These windows are going to act like sunglasses for the airplane," said Piersma.

    WWMT.com : News 2009

  • “We try to get ahead by 10 goals, and she knows that,” Piersma, 54, said.

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2009

  • "It eliminates the window shade, so from an aesthetic standpoint it allows you to make larger windows, which adds passenger comfort," said Piersma.

    WWMT.com : News 2009

  • By halftime, the Bengals led 11-1, and Piersma had no intentions of showing the coach mercy.

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2009

  • "By pressing a button, this window will start to darken, so what's happening here is there are two pieces of glass, there is a gel, electrochromic gel, between these two pieces of glass, an electric current is flowing that gel and it's beginning to darken," said Piersma.

    WWMT.com : News 2009

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